A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!β A Readerβs Digest Best Childrenβs Book of All Timeβ! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the S
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
β Scribed by Lin, Grace
- Book ID
- 108695617
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Co.
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 8 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780316052603
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
2010 Newbery Honor Book
** In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer.
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